Cotton production has witnessed a 23 percent increase compared to the previous year in Sahiwal division. Last year, 137,000 bales were produced, but this year’s harvest has surged to an impressive 179,000 bales, and of them 116,734 bales have hit ginning factories. The Agriculture Department says that cotton was cultivated across 106,000 acres. Cotton farmers received a commendable rate for the
As a crackdown on sugar hoarders to end artificial increase in the sweetener’s prices has begun making headway, sugar mill owners on Sunday offered to supply the commodity to the Punjab government at a rate of Rs140 per kg. The offer came a day after the provincial government filed a petition with the Lahore High Court to vacate a status quo order the LHC had given months ago against the powers
The Privatisation Commission has started work to appoint a financial adviser to undertake the process for leasing of Roosevelt Hotel in New York for setting up a joint venture project for prospective mixed-use development. Following a decision taken by the Cabinet Committee on Privatisation last month, the commission has invited proposals for appointing the financial adviser. The financial a
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has resorted to ground several aircraft as it struggles to secure funds to maintain its operations for the next few months, during which time its core functions and non-core assets are expected to be put up for sale. The Ministry of Aviation issued a stern warning last week, telling the federal government that PIA currently grapples with a severe cash flow
With a gap of less than six months, the caretaker government is again working on imposing prohibitive regulatory duties on a longer list of luxury and non-essential import items as part of a broader strategy aimed at curbing the rapid depletion of the country’s scarce foreign exchange reserves. Simultaneously, the administration is also actively working to revive regionally competitive gas and